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CompletedNCT02646956

Taste Preferences for Nutritive and Non Nutritive Sweeteners Among Children and Adults

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
82 (actual)
Sponsor
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
7 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The goal of the study is to determine whether there are age-, diet- and genetically-related differences in the perception of sweeteners, both nutritive and non-nutritive.

Detailed description

This is an observational 3-day study of children between the ages of 7 and 14 and their mothers. A variety of psychophysical methods determined liking for each of the sweeteners and saliva samples were obtained for genotyping of taste receptor genes. Anthropometric and dietary intake measures were also collected.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERsweetenersParticipants tasted a variety of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners

Timeline

Start date
2014-05-01
Primary completion
2015-09-01
Completion
2015-09-01
First posted
2016-01-06
Last updated
2016-01-06

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02646956. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.